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Orb takes aim at social networking

'No hassle' way to share photos and videos online

Orb
Networks is targeting the social networking market by offering users of its
free
MyCasting
service a "no hassle" way to share photos and home videos online.

Orb acts as a personal web server, making content on a user's PC available
over the web. The company claims an advantage in that the service has no file
uploading or file-size limitations and requires no special formatting.

Users select the photos and videos, designate them for sharing and Orb makes
them available on a webpage with the user's unique URL.

"This is online social networking for the rest of us," said Herve Utheza,
vice president and general manager at Orb Networks, adding that Orb's user
survey cited 'sharing' as one of the top reasons people want to use the free
service.

"It is for mums, dads, grandparents, soccer coaches - families who want to
use the internet to share vacation photos, the latest ball game or just to stay
in touch," said Utheza.

"We do not want to figure out the complexities of blogs, special web
formatting or the file-size limitations of many other internet sites. We just
want it to work, and with Orb it does."

Utheza touted the fact that the service does not require any additional
hardware to work as a major benefit.

"You are basically using all of the stuff you already own - a PC and an
internet connection - and you are ready to get started," he said.

The only downside is that users need to leave their PC on 24/7 in order to
have access to their content.